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Amberspire will release on May 6th!
We've been quietly working away on Amberspire for a little while, and it's finally ready to be shared with everyone soon. Amberspire will launch on Steam on May 6th 2026! We'll be posting a whole lot of sneak peeks and…
Announcement - The Banished Vault
New Bundle and Creator Keys - Bithell Games' Legacy Celebration
We've reached the last week of our legacy games celebration, and we're rounding things off with the first title from our Lunar Division label. The Banished Vault is a strategy game of exploration, endurance, and space t…
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Patch 1.6.1
A couple of small but serious exploits and sources of corrupted save data fixed! Thank you for reporting bugs and playing The Banished Vault. Prevented starting maneuvers while in the location screen, leading to exploit…
Store3 changesFix - The Banished Vault
Androids Content Update
The Androids update (v1.6) is live! These are robotic Exiles that you can find on abandoned ships in solar systems. Androids do not need Stasis to hibernate, and they have a condition value instead of faith. This has in…
Patch notes5 changesFixGameplay - The Banished Vault
Upcoming Update - v1.6 - Androids
Hi all, A small quick note from us that the next update has been revealed as Androids. We'll have more details soon, but androids will add robotic Exiles you can find on your journey and add to your crew. The update wil…
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Salvage & Achievements
Hi all, The Salvage & Achievements (v1.5) update is live! We have 41 achievements for you to go hunting for, many of them secret. The Salvage side of the update is a free bit of content we’ve added to the game, which ad…
Patch notes11 changesFixGameplay - The Banished Vault
Patch 1.4.2
Hello all, Patch 1.4.2 is live, with a small handful of big bugs fixed in the area of losing and duplicating Exiles. See the changelist below for details. We are not planning another patch between now and the first of o…
Security6 changesFixBalance - The Banished Vault
Patch 1.4.1
Hi all, firstly thank you for playing The Banished Vault. I can genuinely say the reception has exceeded my expectations — I was truly worried the difficulty and style of game would be too offputting, but thankfully not…
Store24 changesFixBalance - The Banished Vault
Out Now!!
Hi all! The Banished Vault is out now! Get started on your journey across the galaxy. Here's a bunch of links to all the various supporting material we've published in recent weeks: The physical copy of the in-game manu…
Announcement - The Banished Vault
Featurette Roundup 2
Hello! We've been publishing more featurette videos this week! They're on Hibernation, Artifacts, Hazards & Dice, Faith, and the Energy Calculator. These pretty much cover the rest of the main systems and mechanics in t…
Announcement - The Banished Vault
Featurette Roundup 1
Hello! In case you've missed them, we've been releasing short featurettes on the game daily and will do so up to launch. They'll touch on various aspects of the game from ship navigation, construction, hazards, hibernat…
Event1 change - The Banished Vault
Release Date Announce & Physical Manual Availability
Hey all! Great news: the release date for The Banished Vault is officially July 25th, in two weeks! If you haven't wishlisted, definitely do so you are notified when the game launches. Also if you know anyone who might…
Announcement1 changeGameplay - The Banished Vault
Design Diary 11: Teaching The Game
This week’s design diary is about an incredibly important feature in the game — its manual. I go into why the game has a manual, both from a design and player point of view. Also — this entry is the last of the schedule…
Patch notes6 changesGameplayUI/audio - The Banished Vault
Design Diary 10: Solar System Art Design
Today’s design diary is the first art focused one, going into the evolution of the art and style of the delta-v/energy maps displaying the solar systems. You can track a lot of the design evolution of the game by lookin…
Announcement15 changesMapsUI/audio - The Banished Vault
Design Diary 09: Designing Upgrades, Research, and Artifacts
Today’s design diary is more design focused, going into the research/upgrade system of the game, expanding on the aspects that players encounter across solar systems. Some artifacts you’ll find, abandoned in the solar s…
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Design Diary 08: Generating Solar Systems with Noise and Decks
Today’s design diary is a technical deep dive into noise, a specific kind of random number generation. I personally had never used noise, so its implementation was a big transition point in the project. The second part…
Store4 changesFixGameplay
